destroying 37 homes and damaging eight others. and there are new questions tonight about the pipes that ruptured and why its location in a neighborhood made it so dangerous. deborah villalon has the latest developments. >> reporter: heather, we are at one of the check points that circle the neighborhood. it is a third night out of their home for evacuees. they hope that sometime tomorrow they will be able to get back in to the un damaged areas. and by tomorrow we expect that death toll to rise again. crews with specially trained dogs are getting deeper into the ruins of these homes, now that the rubble has cooled. >> there is still a couple of people unaccounted for, a couple. >> reporter: senator barbara boxer toured the decimated area today and was struck by how normal the evening must have been before the blast. cars in driveways, families arriving home. >> here was just a beautiful, ordinary day. it's a heartbreaker. and when you see that huge piece of pipeline. >> reporter: a pipeline investigators now say was not seamless steel after all but had welded sections. although its repair history is still murky. >> we don't have a record of one of our crews being there at that time. >> pg&e's president said the line was odour eyed so it would emit a tell tale sign but calls for service hasn't turned it up. >> this is class 3 pipe. >> reporter: class 3 according to the ntsb refers too high risk, high pressure line in a densely populated area. and investigators admit this line had no automatic shut-off to kill the gas flow when it ruptured. >> the valves are both sides of this, of this pipe release are manual valves. they are not automatic. >> reporter: and the crater left behind is almost 170 feet long and 26 feet wide. the explosion rocketed this 28- foot section out of the ground and 100 feet down the streets. a force so powerful, so deadly and possibly lurking under other neighborhoods. the push is on to locate and check similar transmission lines. how many of these pipelines lie close to residential areas and those are the kinds of inspections i would like to see done first. >> reporter: pg&e says they have re inspected three other gas transmission lines here on the peninsula. but, of course, can't attest to the many others there are throughout the bay area. again, the death toll tonight has more than doubled to seven, with six people still missing. reporting live in san bruno, deborah villalon, ktvu, channel 2 news. and we have learned tonight that three of the missing are members of one family. william bullis, his father greg and greg's 80-year-old mother lavonne are all missing. they say the family lives on claremont drive in the worst hit area. they say they have called all of the hospitals but the three are still unaccounted for. >> we also know what happened to at least two other victims. 20-year-old jessica moral es was with her boyfriend at his home. a friend says that the explosion and fire trapped the two inside the home. morales died and gomez was critically injured. >> state investigators plan to investigate claims that san bruno residents noticed a natural gas smell in the days and weeks before thursday's explosion. the california public utilities commission has established a toll-free telephone number. you see it there on your screen. the e-mail is sbfire @ cucp.ca.gov. an easy way to find all of this information is by going to our website at ktvu.com. residents of the burned out sanbruno neighborhood gathered to get the latest information about the disaster and find out when they might be able to get into their homes gwen -- again. ktvu was there and has this report. >> reporter: they held a town hall meeting. though the worship center was hot tempers remained mostly cool. the most asked question got answered first. >> we will be announcing the specifics of the re-entry time and location tomorrow morning. we currently anticipate that that re-entry will begin at noon tomorrow. >> most folks seemed to accept the wait. >> i know the power is out all along that street. so, you know, it's limited what you can do up there anyway. >> reporter: but stress counsellors say they still worry. >> especially their photographs are still there. more than anything else that their photographs are still there. >> reporter: community centers have many, many purposes but none so important as what's going on here right now. >> right now i am helping friends. >> reporter: booth after booth dealing with everyone from getting lost ids back to repairing or rebuilding their homes. >> and can they get some money from pg&e to hold them through? >> we are providing free hotels, rental cars. and we are also providing money for general expenditures for people in need as well. >> pg&e gave us a $1,000 credit card to tsunami incidentals that we might have at this time. we are also getting two nights at the embassy suite which tells me that probably we won't get in tonight. >> reporter: sheer insurers say california's never-ending disasters have prepared them well for this. >> as far as the public we are ready because we deal with it every day. >> reporter: pg&e is inspecting every pipe in this area and every major pipe on the peninsula and will be finished with that tonight. this is ktvu, channel 2 news. in the coming days, dozens of sanbruno homeowners will be filing claims with the insurance company. they say the damage could exceed $1 billion. in a filing with the securities and exchange commission the utility says it's insurance my not be enough and they may need to cover some expenses out-of- pocket. the acting governor delivered get well wishes to some of the victims of the explosions and fire. he visited the san francisco general hospital this afternoon to dropped off fruit baskets to those hospitalized there after the fire. he signed an executive order that should help smooth the recovery process. >> to expedite unemployment insurance. expedite record keeping and coordinate all state agencies in the state to help all of the family members and victims of the sanbruno fire. >> he is acting governor while governor schwarzenegger is out of the state on a trade mission in asia. while there he received a call from president obama offering his condolences over the loss of lives. mr. obama also offered the federal government's help in the wake of the deadly explosion and fire and assured the governor that resources would be available if needed during the recovery effort. the red cross and other charities are helping the victims of the explosion say they have been overwhelmed with donations. food, clothing, baby supplies and other items have been flooding in at the veteran's memorial center in sanbruno. now the red cross says it is out of storage space so asking for cash donations instead. donors can call the red cross toll free. or donations can be made thru the mail at this address or online at red cross bay area.org/donate. once residents get the green light to go back to their homes will they? thursday's disaster leaves a cloud over the community and questions in the minds of some residents. we will explore the future of the sanbruno neighborhood at 10:30. >> in other news tonight the day is the 11th of september. across the nation people took time to honor the almost 3,000 americans who died 9 years ago when a band of muslimy lots highjacked four commercial airplanes turning them into weapons aimed at innocent men and women. twin beams of blue light pierced the night sky, a silent tribute to to those inside the building. >> reporter: a gaping hole in the heart of manhattan. it is here our attention first turned on the 11th of september 9 years ago. we now call it ground zero. it is halloed ground in the united states. >> please join us and all new yorkers in a moment of silence. (bell ringing). >> on this anniversary and every day for nine years now, americans are drawn theory. they pause and mourn, shed tears and remember. >> jane joseph mccallery, jr. >> brian gerard mcclose. >> while new york cannot forgot, others will not forget. an un remarkable field in obscure pennsylvania was never a target, but it is here where two first ladies came today to honor those onboard flight 93. >> this peaceful place was not chosen by the terrorists. they had other targets for their violence and hate. this spot was chosen by the passengers of flight 93 who spared our country from even greater horrors. >> september 11th is now a national day of service. president obama volunteered, picking up a paint roller at a middle school in the nation's capital before crossing the potomac for a memorial ceremony at the pentagon. >> nine years have now passed. in that time, we have shed more tears than we will ever know. and though it must seem some days as though the world has moved on to other things, i say to you today that your loved ones endure in the heart of our nation now and forever. >> meantime the pastor of a small florida church called off his plans today to burn the koran. pastor terry jones decided not to burn copies of the islamic holy book, saying god was telling him not to. jones was in new york today hoping to meet with the muslim cleric in charge of a proposed islamic center near ground zero. jones does not support the center's location. his earlier calls for a koran burning prompted outrage among muslims worldwide with protests continuing day in afghanistan. >> the bay area came together to mark the anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. they put up a flag display on the boulevard overpass on highway 24. the flags first went up on the overpass just three days after the september 11th attacks. the tradition has continued ever since. those who participated today also reflected on what it means to be an american. >> this country is amazing. just the opportunities that we get to do. and living out our dreams, just being americans, a great experience. and it's awsome. >> today's event also included a speech by one of the survivors of the new york city attack. the grassroots group lafayette flag brigade puts on the ceremony each year. >> firefighters put up their annual display of 343 flags in front of four fire stations in honor of the firefighters who died in the attacks. flags are meant to unite rescue workers and emergency responders nationwide under the theme "we will never forget." more on the anniversary of the september 11th attacks including a slide show. you will find it by going to ktvu, channel 2 news and clicking on the u.s. and world news tab. >> a dog attack wakes up a bay area neighborhood. how the response of is not might have saved a woman's life. >> a key piece of evidence arrives today in new orleans. what role it played in the deadly oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. >> parenting goes high tech. ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich. oh, great. hey, are they happy we got rid of the rye bread? totally. they love our grilled artisan bread. they say it's the perfect compliment to the classic hot pastrami, melting cheese, deli mustard and pickles. awesome. hey, um what are we testing in that room? oh! nothing we were just hazin' the intern. . police in fairfield are investigating a vicious attack by three dogs. the animals mauled one woman and then turned on a pregnant woman before two men with guns finally brought the ordeal to an end. ktvu's john sasaki reports. >> reporter: it happened around 6 a.m. in this peaceful fairfield neighbor. 52-year-old dental hygienist went for a run yesterday morning and ran right into three big dogs. >> they very visciously attacked her from all sides. >> craig is a doctor who has worked with her for 20 years. he says she suffered serious nerve damage in her dominant right arm. >> it's doubtful that she will have the ability to work as a hygienist for us in the future. i hope she can. but it's doubtful. >> that she survived at all is amazing, especially when you consider what the animals were trying to do. >> they were actually had her body up off the ground and they were trying to end her apart. >> fortunately, this resident came out of his house armed with his walter ppk handgun. >> the lead dog came up and i shot him in the head. and then he just dropped right there. >> reporter: but as the other two dogs continued their assault his gun jammed. >> and i couldn't do anything with the other two dogs except try to distract them, you know, so it is kind of me trying to unjam my gun. >> just then two other women came running up the street and the two dogs went after them. one of the women was pregnant. >> those two dogs went right for them. and they took down the pregnant woman. you know, and they started chewing on her. >> neighbor john betancourt also came outside armed with a handgun. he shot the two dogs before they could seriously hurt the pregnant woman. >> in speaking with officers at the scene, they said that they truly felt that had the neighbors not interfered and come to their aid that at least the first victim probably would not have survived. >> actually, john, this is for you. >> oh, thank you. >> this afternoon neighbors stopped by with flowers for the men. everyone here is relieved the two men were ready to act. >> i was really glad both gary and john had gun skills. i mean, if there was a place on this block that it could have happened these are the two guys that could have taken care of it. >> the lead dog a bull mastiff have been destroyed and the two others pitbull type mixes with likely soon follow. the owners could face criminal charges. in fairfield i'm john sasaki, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> the contra costa county coroner identified a body found in a home linked to a string of sleighings. police in hercules say the body is that of frederick sales who has been missing since his father ricardo's body was discovered in the same house two weeks ago. it is not clear how frederick sales died. investigators discovered the body two days ago concealed in a downstairs closet. valdemoro is the prime suspect in the death of these men and three women. they followed him after a pursuit and found the body of his girlfriend signed at this tran in his car. firefighters on the peninsula say four children and three adults are homeless tonight after a fire damaged their apartments. the fire started just before 2 p.m. in east palo alto on the 600 block of scottfield avenue. the park fire department spokesman says it appears that the fire started in a shed, moved into the garage and downstairs unit. and then spread upstairs. firefighters contained most of the damage to the garage. there are no reports of injuries. and no word yet on what sparked the fire. >> crews this morning removed a tugboat from the petaluma river five days after it leaked oil into the water. the 0-foot 60 fool tugboat was being salvaged when it began to leak oil. it spread from hopper street to highway 101. no wildlife was reportedly affected by the spill. local, state and federal officials are working together to determine the cost of the response and the cleanup. in louisiana, the 300-ton device that failed to stop the massive gulf of mexico oil spill has arrived at a nasa facility. a barge carrying the blow-out preventor reached the new orleans facility this afternoon. government investigators plan to analyze the device to determine why it failed. the preventor is considered a key piece of evidence in the ongoing investigation. the april 20th explosion killed 11 people and spilled 206 million-gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. >> well, from toxic salvage yards to green homes, an east oakland neighborhood reaches a momentous milestone. 54 newspaper environmentally friendly homes are on east avenue dedicated today. they were built by habitat humanity east bay. and volunteers over the past four years. this area sat idle after a storage yard closed. but now an affordable development, the largest and greenest family development in the state. family apps are becoming more and more popular. they are able to track their childrens' whereabouts with the click of a mouse. but there is growing concern about the safety and the device. claudia cowan looks at both sides of the debate. >> reporter: as they head off to school a growing number of students are being tracked not only by their teachers but by their parents at home. >> you never know in the safest of situations whether it be kidnapping or stranger danger or getting hurt or anything like that. you want to keep track. >> reporter: she puts gps devices into her kids' backpack and logs on to family 360 that for a fee let's her virtually follow along as her husband walks patrick and shay an to school and check in on all of them throughout the day. >> making sure they got to where they were supposed to be, end of story. >> reporter: hardly say some critics who say family tracking could create a false sense of security. for instance, if the child becomes separated from the device that is supposed to be tracking them. internet privacy experts also caution if mom can see a map of her kids' whereabouts, so can someone else. >> before a parent decides to implement this technology they need to ask some really hard questions of the company that's offering t they need to know what kind of information is being gathered. how long is it being kept? who has access to it. when will it get deleted? >> live 360's ceo agrees it raises new moral and legal issues but argues tracking kids will soon be the norm. >> it's beyond just safety. every single electronic device is soon going to have a location associated with it. and that brings up a whole host of new products, as well as concerns. but it is really a new world and parents are really adopting this technology at a very quick rate. >> reporter: parents, yes. but whether kids like patrick and cheyenne will like to be tracked as teenagers remains to be seen. claudia cowan, fox news. >> their lives changed forever one day last year. coming up, the special gift the families of four fallen oakland officers received today. at the moment of the sanbruno explosion, just released surveillance video from a grocery store right down the street. see how the employees and the customers reacted. i don't we currently have dense fog hugging a good introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of free apps. all in one ultra-thin package. you want it, we got it. the samsung fascinate. only at verizon. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ...yeah, every night its something different. oh yeah yeah...she always keeps them in the house. no no no, i've actually lost weight... i just have a high metabolism 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